Child mortality rate: New Zealand
0.47% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 163 years from 1862 to 2024 are below.
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.47 |
| 2023 | 0.49 |
| 2022 | 0.5 |
| 2021 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | 0.51 |
| 2019 | 0.52 |
| 2018 | 0.53 |
| 2017 | 0.54 |
| 2016 | 0.55 |
| 2015 | 0.56 |
| 2014 | 0.58 |
| 2013 | 0.59 |
| 2012 | 0.6 |
| 2011 | 0.61 |
| 2010 | 0.62 |
| 2009 | 0.63 |
| 2008 | 0.64 |
| 2007 | 0.64 |
| 2006 | 0.65 |
| 2005 | 0.66 |
| 2004 | 0.67 |
| 2003 | 0.69 |
| 2002 | 0.7 |
| 2001 | 0.72 |
| 2000 | 0.74 |
| 1999 | 0.76 |
| 1998 | 0.78 |
| 1997 | 0.81 |
| 1996 | 0.84 |
| 1995 | 0.87 |
| 1994 | 0.91 |
| 1993 | 0.95 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1.06 |
| 1990 | 1.12 |
| 1989 | 1.18 |
| 1988 | 1.24 |
| 1987 | 1.29 |
| 1986 | 1.34 |
| 1985 | 1.38 |
| 1984 | 1.41 |
| 1983 | 1.45 |
| 1982 | 1.48 |
| 1981 | 1.52 |
| 1980 | 1.56 |
| 1979 | 1.61 |
| 1978 | 1.66 |
| 1977 | 1.71 |
| 1976 | 1.77 |
| 1975 | 1.83 |
| 1974 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 1.98 |
| 1971 | 2.03 |
| 1970 | 2.08 |
| 1969 | 2.12 |
| 1968 | 2.16 |
| 1967 | 2.2 |
| 1966 | 2.25 |
| 1965 | 2.31 |
| 1964 | 2.39 |
| 1963 | 2.48 |
| 1962 | 2.58 |
| 1961 | 2.68 |
| 1960 | 2.78 |
| 1959 | 2.87 |
| 1958 | 2.94 |
| 1957 | 3.01 |
| 1956 | 3.07 |
| 1955 | 3.13 |
| 1954 | 3.21 |
| 1953 | 3.3 |
| 1952 | 3.39 |
| 1951 | 3.47 |
| 1950 | 3.55 |
| 1949 | 3.63 |
| 1948 | 3.6 |
| 1947 | 3.73 |
| 1946 | 4.01 |
| 1945 | 4.41 |
| 1944 | 4.97 |
| 1943 | 4.97 |
| 1942 | 4.69 |
| 1941 | 5.11 |
| 1940 | 4.69 |
| 1939 | 5.4 |
| 1938 | 6.58 |
| 1937 | 4.97 |
| 1936 | 5.25 |
| 1935 | 5.25 |
| 1934 | 4.97 |
| 1933 | 4.83 |
| 1932 | 4.83 |
| 1931 | 4.69 |
| 1930 | 4.83 |
| 1929 | 4.69 |
| 1928 | 5.11 |
| 1927 | 5.83 |
| 1926 | 5.69 |
| 1925 | 5.69 |
| 1924 | 5.11 |
| 1923 | 5.69 |
| 1922 | 5.4 |
| 1921 | 6.28 |
| 1920 | 6.73 |
| 1919 | 5.83 |
| 1918 | 6.28 |
| 1917 | 6.28 |
| 1916 | 6.73 |
| 1915 | 6.73 |
| 1914 | 6.73 |
| 1913 | 7.97 |
| 1912 | 6.73 |
| 1911 | 7.5 |
| 1910 | 9.36 |
| 1909 | 8.42 |
| 1908 | 9.36 |
| 1907 | 12.94 |
| 1906 | 8.42 |
| 1905 | 9.36 |
| 1904 | 9.85 |
| 1903 | 11.54 |
| 1902 | 11.89 |
| 1901 | 9.85 |
| 1900 | 10.52 |
| 1899 | 14.2 |
| 1898 | 11.37 |
| 1897 | 10.02 |
| 1896 | 10.86 |
| 1895 | 12.77 |
| 1894 | 11.54 |
| 1893 | 12.77 |
| 1892 | 12.94 |
| 1891 | 13.3 |
| 1890 | 11.2 |
| 1889 | 11.2 |
| 1888 | 9.85 |
| 1887 | 13.84 |
| 1886 | 14.56 |
| 1885 | 12.94 |
| 1884 | 11.2 |
| 1883 | 15.66 |
| 1882 | 12.77 |
| 1881 | 13.48 |
| 1880 | 13.66 |
| 1879 | 16.22 |
| 1878 | 12.06 |
| 1877 | 13.3 |
| 1876 | 15.48 |
| 1875 | 19.78 |
| 1874 | 16.59 |
| 1873 | 16.41 |
| 1872 | 14.93 |
| 1871 | 11.89 |
| 1870 | 13.66 |
| 1869 | 14.56 |
| 1868 | 14.2 |
| 1867 | 14.56 |
| 1866 | 14.93 |
| 1865 | 16.78 |
| 1864 | 18.66 |
| 1863 | 17.34 |
| 1862 | 11.54 |